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Achievements, activities and the people behind our science. Open an album to see every photograph and caption.

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Defences & graduations

Jimit Hetalkumar Patel holding his Brock University document folder at his graduation celebration16 October 2026

Celebrating Jimit and Siya’s graduation

Jimit and Siya’s October graduation celebrations at Brock University.2 photographs · Open album ↗
Jimit Hetalkumar Patel · Graduation · 16 October 2026
Celebrating our graduates · October 2026
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Jimit Hetalkumar Patel holding his Brock University document folder at his graduation celebration
Jimit Hetalkumar Patel · Graduation · 16 October 2026
Full event update ↗Jimit’s alumni profile ↗Siya’s alumni profile ↗
Group celebration with a cake following Jimit Hetalkumar Patel’s MSc thesis defence23 September 2026

Jimit completes his MSc thesis defence

Celebrating Jimit’s completed MSc thesis defence with the group.2 photographs · Open album ↗
Celebrating Jimit Hetalkumar Patel’s MSc thesis defence · 23 September 2026
Jimit’s MSc thesis-defence celebration · 23 September 2026
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Group celebration with a cake following Jimit Hetalkumar Patel’s MSc thesis defence
Celebrating Jimit Hetalkumar Patel’s MSc thesis defence · 23 September 2026
Full event update ↗Jimit’s alumni highlight ↗Brock defence announcement ↗
Katayoun Etemadi celebrating her MScJune 2025

Celebrating Katayoun’s MSc

Photographs from Katayoun’s MSc celebration with mentors, colleagues and guests.3 photographs · Open album ↗
Katayoun Etemadi · MSc completed May 2025; celebration June 2025
Celebrating Katayoun’s MSc research with mentors and colleagues
A shared milestone · Katayoun’s MSc celebration, June 2025
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Katayoun Etemadi celebrating her MSc
Katayoun Etemadi · MSc completed May 2025; celebration June 2025
Full event update ↗Katayoun’s alumni highlight ↗

Conferences & posters

Group photograph beside Subrat’s Photosystem I poster at GRAMMS1 October 2026

Subrat presents at GRAMMS

Subrat’s poster and group photographs from GRAMMS.2 photographs · Open album ↗
Subrat Kumar Sethy with his poster at GRAMMS, Brock University · 1 October 2026
Sharing research at the FMS graduate conference · 1 October 2026
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Subrat Kumar Sethy beside his How Far-red Light Tunes Photosystem I poster
Subrat Kumar Sethy with his poster at GRAMMS, Brock University · 1 October 2026
Full event update ↗Meet Subrat ↗
Siya Hariprasad beside her Photosystem I research poster20 August 2026

Siya presents at the Undergraduate Research Symposium

Siya beside her research poster at the Undergraduate Research Symposium.1 photograph · Open album ↗
Siya Hariprasad at the Undergraduate Research Symposium · 20 August 2026
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Siya Hariprasad beside her Photosystem I research poster
Siya Hariprasad at the Undergraduate Research Symposium · 20 August 2026
Full event update ↗Siya’s alumni profile ↗

Lab achievements

Portrait of Prof. Divya Matta Kaur at Brock UniversityJuly 2026

Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor

A portrait marking Prof. Matta Kaur’s tenure and promotion milestone.1 photograph · Open album ↗
Prof. Divya Matta Kaur · Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor, July 2026. Portrait at Brock University.
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Portrait of Prof. Divya Matta Kaur at Brock University
Prof. Divya Matta Kaur · Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor, July 2026. Portrait at Brock University.
Full event update ↗PI profile ↗Our academic journey ↗
Prof. Matta Kaur walking with her daughter to receive a teaching award2025–2026

Teaching achievements, shared with the community

Celebrating the 2025 Brock University Award for Excellence in Teaching for Early Career Faculty and the 2026 Faculty of Mathematics and Science Excellence in Teaching Award.5 photographs · Open album ↗
Faculty of Mathematics and Science Excellence in Teaching Award · 2026
Prof. Divya M. Kaur and her daughter, Jasnaaz Kaur, walking together to receive the 2025 Brock University Award for Excellence in Teaching for Early Career Faculty
Celebrating teaching and the community behind it
A proud moment shared with her daughter · Brock University Award for Excellence in Teaching for Early Career Faculty, 2025
Motherhood and academic achievement in the same frame · Speaking at the 2025 teaching excellence award celebration
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Prof. Matta Kaur holding her Faculty of Mathematics and Science teaching award
Faculty of Mathematics and Science Excellence in Teaching Award · 2026
Teaching recognition & mentorship ↗
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B cover featuring photosynthetic molecular structures and water networksMarch 2024

Research on the journal cover

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B featured the group’s research on water networks around the oxygen-evolving centre of Photosystem II on its cover.1 photograph · Open album ↗
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · Featured journal cover · March 2024
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry B cover featuring photosynthetic molecular structures and water networks
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · Featured journal cover · March 2024
Explore our publications ↗

Teaching & outreach

Prof. Divya Matta Kaur speaking at a lectern during the President’s Update8 October 2026

Teaching with Purpose: President’s Update 2026

Three views from the President’s Update: the address, lectern and audience.3 photographs · Open album ↗
Prof. Divya Matta Kaur shares her teaching philosophy · 8 October 2026
Teaching with purpose at Brock University’s President’s Update
The Brock community gathers for the President’s Update · 8 October 2026
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Prof. Divya Matta Kaur speaking at a lectern during the President’s Update
Prof. Divya Matta Kaur shares her teaching philosophy · 8 October 2026
Full event update ↗Watch the speech · starts at 24:12 ↗Read Brock News · 9 October ↗
Prof. Divya Matta Kaur delivering Brock University’s June convocation address11 June 2026

Carry the Light Forward

Prof. Matta Kaur delivering her convocation address, Carry the Light Forward.4 photographs · Open album ↗
Carry the Light Forward · June 2026
A moment of connection with the graduates · Convocation address, 11 June 2026
Carry the Light Forward · At the lectern, 11 June 2026
The stage and graduating class · Brock University Convocation, 11 June 2026
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Prof. Divya Matta Kaur delivering Brock University’s June convocation address
Carry the Light Forward · June 2026
Full event update ↗Watch the address · starts at 28:18 ↗Read Brock News ↗
A group photograph shared from the FIRST Robotics Canada outreach activityCommunity outreach

Opening doors through FIRST Robotics Canada

Kaur Lab students Subrat Kumar Sethy, Jimit Patel, Salwa Cibura and Khushi Soni volunteered with FIRST Robotics Canada, supporting young people’s engagement with STEM through creativity and teamwork.1 photograph · Open album ↗
STEM outreach with FIRST Robotics Canada · Supporting creativity, teamwork and young learners
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A group photograph shared from the FIRST Robotics Canada outreach activity
STEM outreach with FIRST Robotics Canada · Supporting creativity, teamwork and young learners
FIRST Robotics Canada ↗

Gatherings & visits

An outdoor group photograph from the Kaur Lab’s Safari Niagara outingSeptember 2026

A day together at Safari Niagara: welcoming Subrat and Jigisha

Welcoming Subrat and Jigisha to the Kaur Lab and Brock University.1 photograph · Open album ↗
Welcoming Subrat and Jigisha to the Kaur Lab and Brock University · Safari Niagara · September 2026
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An outdoor group photograph from the Kaur Lab’s Safari Niagara outing
Welcoming Subrat and Jigisha to the Kaur Lab and Brock University · Safari Niagara · September 2026
Full event update ↗
Three members of the Kaur Lab at its first group dinnerLab memories

Gathering around a shared curiosity

Shared meals, family moments and time together help build the trust and connections behind our research.2 photographs · Open album ↗

Lab life includes research milestones, shared meals, family moments and opportunities for students at different stages to learn from one another. These moments are part of how trust and scientific confidence grow.

Community often begins in small moments. The lab’s first group dinner marked an early milestone in creating a welcoming space for science, conversation and shared ambition.

The Kaur Lab’s first group dinner · Food, conversation and the beginnings of a research community
Left to right: Khushi Soni, Yashi Gajjar, Siya Hariprasad, Prof. Divya M. Kaur with her children Jasnaaz Kaur and Sartaaj Singh, Jimit Patel, Chloe Trout, Subrat Sethy and Salwa Cibura.
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Three members of the Kaur Lab at its first group dinner
The Kaur Lab’s first group dinner · Food, conversation and the beginnings of a research community
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